Improvement in soldering-iron heaters



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PATENT OEEIoE,

CHARLES JAMES ROGERS, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN SOLDERING-IRON HEATERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,216, dated une 8, 1875; application filed November 7, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLEs J AMES Roe- ERS, of Norwich, in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Soldering Apparatus and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a central section of my apparatus, and Fig. 2 is a detail view.

This invention has relation to hand soldering-tools which are heated by means of gas generated from alcohol or benzine; and it consists in adjust-ably applying the copper soldering-piece to a stem rising froma gasburner, which is on one end of a tubular handle, in combination with a lamp for generating gas in said burner, which is removably applied to the handle of the tool, as will be fully understood from the following description:

In the annexed drawings, A designates a reservoir, of any suitable capacity, which communicates with a tubular handle, B, by means of a flexible pipe, C, of any suitable length, and a designates a cock for cutting off and regulating the flow of the gas-generatin g fluid to the saidtubular handle. On one end of the handle B a rectangular piece, b, is applied, which forms a chamber in which gas is genera-ted. The upper end of the piece b has fine perforations c 0 through it, and a short stem, 61, formed centrally on it. On the upper end of this stem the copper soldering-piece D is secured by means of a screw, 6, by loosening which latter either the pointed end or the flattened beveled end of the copper piece D can be presented for use. Inside of the handle B, wicking or other suitable absorbing material f is applied, the front part of which is separated from the gas-generating chamber in piece b by means of wire-cloth g, which prevents the wick from encroaching on said chamber. The tubular handle has awooden holder, B, secured on it for protecting the hands from undue heat, which holder has a metal ferrule on one end, shown in Fig. 1. G designates the body of a lamp, which is removably applied to the holder B by means of removed and the tool used in the usual man- A ner.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The detachable lamp G if, provided with spring-clasps h h, in combination with the reservoir A, flexible tube C, tubular handle B, having a wooden holder, B, gas-generator, b, and soldering-iron, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES JAMES ROGERS.

Witnesses HEMAN H. BARBOUR, Jr., J. MARK Roeowsxr. 

